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LIVING WITH DANGER: A Sowetan Special Report

Mar 30, 2012 | Sibongile Mashaba, Reporter, and Vathiswa Ruselo, Photographer | 24 comments

ALL around us there are people living in dangerous places because they are desperate, poor and waiting for housing.

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Mar 30, 2012

MsKinkyakaKamaSutra

From the name Tudor Shaft, the place sound dangerous

It boggles my mind, where all these people come from........ (not being insensitive). The issue of f.ree housing will never be solved as people move from rural areas (some have houses) and come to urban areas, construct shacks and expect RDP houses.
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Mar 30, 2012

Papage

We have spoken of Soweto, Diepkloof, Orlando, Noorgesig, Meadolands and Dobsonville, people there are affected by Mine dust every day, come winter, the places are covered in fawn. Minister Shabangu must wake up before we protest by blocking Soweto Freeway
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Mar 30, 2012

shrink7

what are the outcomes of pregnancies there( especially miscarriages and malformations) as this levels of radioactivity can be teratogenic, may this is worth a research proposal.
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Mar 30, 2012

dimpho_4U

o.k sbosh..re tla bona ka wena
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Mar 30, 2012

candilious

WTF ----------
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Mar 30, 2012

Bingo-Ingo

It's just that people in ineptocracies don't want to stand up and do things for themselves. There is the guy by the name of Israel Mosala from Meadowlands who endeavours to create awareness amongst the people affected, but nobody seems to care. Each month around the 15, 16th the Earthlife Society holds monthly meetings at Joubert Park in the Greenhouse but none of the affected communities pitch up. People who attend are from the affluent communities who are not imminently affected by this. None of the political organisations seem to care about it. This AMD, if it goes unabated will result to the caving-in of the entire JHB. Believe it or not it' true. I'm not an alarmaist. Visit http://www.earthlife.org.za/?p=1163

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Mar 30, 2012

CheeseBoy

whats with the font change sowetan??

Any way what makes things worse is the fact that our so called liberators have turned against the very same poor and marginalised souls that voted them into power.

Until the poor and marginalised masses wake from their slumber this will not change. Its a sad story indeed, but a common African tale.

People are collonised, a liberation movement "rescues them " from their chains, the liberation movement promises heaven and earth whilst placing new chains on the poor.

WAKE UP POOR PEOPLE!!!
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Mar 30, 2012

Shredder

@MsKinkyakaKamaSutra
It boggles my mind, where all these people come from........ (not being insensitive). The issue of f.ree housing will never be solved as people move from rural areas (some have houses) and come to urban areas, construct shacks and expect RDP houses.
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These sums up the comments part of this article. Nothing more to be said, nothing to be subtracted. Short and precise.
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Mar 30, 2012

CityGal282

well said @misskenyaka , and they also know the Dangers of staying in this shaft ! wena wa RDP ,go back to your mothers house o tlogele ho re tena mo

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Mar 30, 2012

Tsokombela

i understand the school issue they wrote about earlier,but housing hawa mani,S.A ppl are lazy & want d government 2 everything 4 dem,suka mani
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Mar 30, 2012

Ruudboy

can any1 tell me de prosess of acqurin an RDP house, my friend Phuti needs 1
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Mar 30, 2012

maezizsto68

Okay Sowetan shift your focus alone and leave Kagiso alone why not report ka Mohlakeng or bekkersdal?
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Mar 30, 2012

MommaC

So this guy came from NW about 9 years ago and popped a squat on a nuke field in Joburg but he doesn't know where else to go? How about back to where there wasn't a chance that you and your two kids would end up glowing in the dark?

Sometimes I wonder if these people do it on purpose so they will get bumped up on the RDP lists.
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Mar 30, 2012

TheNewFreedomFighter

People are forced to flock in their thousands to the cities where housing is non-existant because of the total collapse of the ANC government's administration in most rural areas.

They are no different to the other thousands of African refugees that flood across our border every day in search of "a bit of gold" (sic) because their own countries have failed them.

If you carry on voting for the ANC you can expect to see more and more of this in the future. Since the tax burden is falling on an ever smaller proportion of citizens it won't be long before we reach the point of absolute no return as the demand for services increases caused by the social burden created by the ANC's incompetence, theft and corruption, which starts to exceed the national income.

Then "BOOM". Suddenly, while you are still shouting "VIVA REVOLUTION" and "WE WANT ECONOMIC FREEDOM" our economy will resemble that of Zimbabwe and Somalia and Malawi and Sierra Leone and the likes of other African economies led by the despotic leaders so championed by Malema.

Think carefully. The line between being rich and poor as an individual is often very narrow, but for a nation, it is often even more narrow.
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Mar 30, 2012

JajasQueen

@Shredder
@MsKinkyakaKamaSutra

Short and sweet.

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Mar 30, 2012

JajasQueen

@CheeseBoy

I am not sure who promised heaven. The government has and is still delivering services to the citizens of this country.

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Mar 30, 2012

maezizsto68

VaginaQueen-O na le energy yerrr I dont if you will have enough left ge authi ya gago e go nyakaza
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Mar 30, 2012

JajasQueen

@TheNewFreedomFighter

Which city is that, that has no housing? Is the government supposed to deliver housing on demand? You arrive in Jozi today and you make the 6pm news with keys to your new RDP house? Really now, you can think, i know you can.


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Mar 30, 2012

JajasQueen

@TheNewFreedomFighter

Our economy will never resemble any other but our own. How would you feel if I said to you our economy will resemble that of America or Greece? Hah? How would you feel?

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Mar 30, 2012

JajasQueen

@maezizsto68

What is it with this men? Am I nothing but a thing to shag to you? Have you seen my v.a.g.i.n.a on this blog? Comment on what you see.

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Mar 30, 2012

Topdogg

people must just stop putting pressure on the government,yes there's corrupt officials out there but services are delivered around SA.
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Mar 30, 2012

Topdogg

Yep,Tsokombela! tha's plain sabotage.
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Mar 31, 2012

PleaseGetReal

MsKinkyakaKamaSutra
From the name Tudor Shaft, the place sound dangerous

It boggles my mind, where all these people come from........ (not being insensitive). The issue of f.ree housing will never be solved as people move from rural areas (some have houses) and come to urban areas, construct shacks and expect RDP houses.
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It is time the government start to give incentives on the less kids you have, currently 16 year girls get pregnant to receive grants.
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Apr 12, 2012

branded

mara where do all these people come frm he! people leave home to go live is skwatas then demand for housing, i feel no pity for them, you cant just go and put shelther anywhere you like....
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